Roger Highfield
Museum exec, writer & visiting prof at @Dunn_School and @UCLChemistry. Ex New Scientist Editor & Science Editor of The Daily Telegraph. Neutron bouncer
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Ozone-depleting substances caused half of late 20th-century Arctic warming, says study
A study examines the greenhouse warming effects of ozone-depleting substances and finds that they caused about a third of all global warming from 1955 to 2005, and half of Arctic warming and sea ice loss during that period.
Roger Highfield
Ozone-depleting substances caused half of late 20th-century Arctic warming
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Research on embryo-like structures struggles to win US government funding
Biologists say they need clearer guidelines on funding rules for this nascent field.
BBC - Tony Hall to stand down as BBC Director-General in the summer - Media Centre
Tony Hall, Lord Hall of Birkenhead CBE, has today announced that he will stand down from the role of BBC Director-General this summer.
Belgian neurologist wins €1m prize for work on serious brain trauma
Generet prize will fund more trials by Steven Laureys to help written-off ‘vegetative’ patients
Human-caused biodiversity decline started millions of years ago
The human-caused biodiversity decline started much earlier than researchers used to believe. According to a new study published in the scientific journal Ecology Letters the process was not started by our own species but by some of our ancestors.
China to ban bags and other single-use plastic
One of the world's biggest users of plastic plans to phase out most single-use items by 2025.
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Walking with atoms: Chemical bond making and breaking recorded in action
Scientists have for the first time captured and filmed atoms bonding together, using advanced microscopy methods they captured a moment that is around half a million times smaller than the width of a human hair.
Supercomputer scours fossil record for Earth’s hidden extinctions
Palaeontologists have charted 300 million years of Earth’s history in breathtaking detail.
A solo trip to the Alhambra in Granada and a dog-friendly holiday in the Highlands
Q I’d like to take my husband on a holiday to the Highlands and am looking for a cottage that would accommodate us and our two dogs. We’d like to stay somewhere that embraces the ecology work that...
How ‘spooky’ is quantum physics? The answer could be incalculable
Proof at the nexus of pure mathematics and algorithms puts ‘quantum weirdness’ on a whole new level.
Roger Highfield
How ‘spooky’ is quantum physics? The answer could be incalculable nature.com/articles/d4158… 'The confluence of complexity theory, quantum information and mathematics means that there are very few researchers who say that they are able to grasp all the facets of this paper'
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A sea monster's genome
The giant squid is an elusive giant, but its secrets are about to be revealed. A new study led by the University of Copenhagen has sequenced the creature's entire genome, offering an opportunity to throw some light on its life in the depths of the...
ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival 2020 to Explore Science, AI and our Cyber Future
The ‘greatest Literary show on Earth’ – the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival will keep its characteristic commitment to the future as it explores the ideas behind how ‘the internet can end poverty’ and ‘the digital and virtual futures of mankind’ with...
Living 'concrete' made from bacteria used to create replicating bricks
Buildings may one day be made using a strain of bacteria that creates a concrete-like material when combined with sand and nutrients
Attenborough warns of climate 'crisis moment'
We're at a pivotal point in efforts to tackle climate change, the naturalist and broadcaster warns.
Astronomers discover class of strange objects near our galaxy's enormous black hole
UCLA astronomers have discovered a new class of bizarre objects at the center of our galaxy, not far from the supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A*. 'Mergers of stars may be happening in the universe more often than we thought, and likely...
Roger Highfield
G objects. Class of strange objects lurk near our galaxy's black hole. eurekalert.org/e/9p54 "These objects look like gas and behave like stars."
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The mysterious, legendary giant squid's genome is revealed
Important clues about the anatomy and evolution of the mysterious giant squid (Architeuthis dux) are revealed through publication of its full genome sequence by a University of Copenhagen-led team that includes scientist Caroline Albertin of the...
Beauty sleep could be real, say body clock biologists
Biologists from the University of Manchester have explained for the first time why having a good night's sleep really could prepare us for the rigors of the day ahead.
Why did a medal become the prize for scientific achievement? | Rebekah Higgitt
In the week of the Nobel prizes, Rebekah Higgitt looks back to the origins of the prize medal